What are the best ways to integrate player choice into racing games?

Se é jogo tem que ser todos iguais. Nunca joguei, minha experiência é ser campe?o em Interlagos em 2003 com um 550Spyder e com os Formula Vee que projetei e correm até hoje. Em Interlagos usaria 1,5 grau de cambagem negativa na roda dianteira direita e zero na esquerda e 0,5 grau de divergência na roda traseira direita e 0,5 grau de convergência na roda traseira esquerda. Em Interlagos, a única curva para a direita é o Laranjinha e é só olhar os pontos de tangência. A curva n?o tem visibilidade e todos fazem mal. O Bico de Pato n?o faz diferen?a porque um F1 e uma Kombi velha v?o fazer em velocidades parecidas. E logo vem o Mergulho e a Jun??o e é pé embaixo. Com o carro todo "errado" para fazer curvas para a direita o tempo vem.

Provide players with a variety of vehicles that have unique handling, speed, and acceleration characteristics and allow for customization through both visual design and performance upgrades.

Besides choosing a pre-set vehicle you can tap into the play type of crafting. Give the players the options and agency to design and craft their very own vehicles. This can be overwhelming so you have to consider a good UX flow, and probably some presets that can be modified completely or just slightly. Once the racing starts, and the player gets to know the vehicle and the obstacles I would tap into Nurture play mechanics where we can tweak some car mechanics by caring for our vehicle. Adding better fuel, oil, energy, tires, aerodynamics... etc. Tap into Crafting and nurture play mechanics to optimize your competitive edge within a racing game. That should increase player choices and a good feeling of agency :)

The decision of what to allow players to choose depends on lots of aspects, for example: * on the target audience (age, racing fan, hobby); * what kind of experience (fun, challenge, competition); * racing type (street, rally, circuit race etc); * game tier - pure simulator, full arcade, or something middle of the road; You can imagine what kind of racing game it can be, what kind of graphics and physics it can have. Keep in mind, that for different players different options of game will be important. So, there is no right answer. You can choose the best option which depends on lots of aspects of the game that you would like to build. Anyway, in every game you have to be allowed to choose a vehicle :)

Allowing players to choose their vehicles is a great way to give players autonomy, but it only works if the user interface gives the proper feedback and a player can feel the difference on a track and be able to easily switch out different vehicles.

If we are talking about a single race then the track decides all other choices. I should pick the vehicle and decide the driving mode. My style will be shaped according to the driving mode.

Piloto n?o escolhe pista, mas se é para escolher tem que ter curvas de alta que é o que separa. Curva de baixa, tanto faz um F1 ou um Kombi velha que v?o fazer com 40 km/h de diferen?a. O F1 n?o passa a Kombi velha porque n?o tem velocidade e a Kombi dá uma piaba nele.

Le deuxième vrai critère à mon sens. Des circuits existants et des circuits inventés. Voire la possibilité de créer sa propre piste et de composer les critères d’une course

Ao escolher uma pista o jogador tem que ter em mente que cada tra?ado tem as suas peculiaridades e dificuldades e sendo assim, ser expert em um dado circuito, n?o lhe garante ser um bom jogador. Desta forma, treine no máximo de pistas possíveis e adquira o maior volume possível de informa??es sobre os tra?ados, pois tendo "intimidade" com o maior volume de pistas possíveis, você estará apto sair vitorioso com mais frequência.

From my experience the best way to engage the player choice into the track is by having multiple routes to choose from, with the ones that gives more advantages(shortcuts) requiring a higher level of skill to be reached.

Players will take optimality over style. If you want to make your racing game support different play styles, you have to make those style choices interesting. If the game's reward structure centers around purchasing cars and upgrades, players would likely take the drag race over the circuit if the dollars-per-minute is favorable. Or take the autocross challenges if their setup results in better win rates at those challenges. To make it more interesting, you could 1) create achievement tracks that give different rewards based on those choices to encourage wider content engagement - OR - 2) honor their choice by gating off content based on their choice The choice of style is interesting if there are results/consequences.

Pouvoir choisir le Type de course (monoplace, gt, rallye…) ou l’épreuve (clm, entra?nement, sprint, endurance…) sont des vrais ??plus?? pour un jeu de simracing

Apparence 110% should have some customizability. Aside from that Style is partially related to the game mode and map, off road favorable cars won't perform as well in a city map. Alternatively a beater won't win in a race with speed and cost in mind. However you need this choice to give players the illusion of choice, they can't just play through it blindly. Otherwise it comes down to balancing and game mechanics to make it winnable whatever your style while still giving you an "edge" depending on your play style. The problem is making it so that their choice is still valid while not being too overshadowed. Make shortcuts for tougher cars when there's a runway for the speedsters. Allow for choice variants in your maps and game modes.

O estilo de corrida de cada jogador pode estar diretamente ligado ao tipo de carro e tra?ado que o jogador escolher - carros mais traseiros exigem um tipo de rea??o, da mesma forma que carros mais dianteiros exigem uma outra abordagem de pilotagem. O tra?ado também é algo que pode impactar no estilo de jogar de cada um: jogos em pistas exigem um estilo mais técnico, uma vez que volta após volta, o tra?ado permanece inalterado. Por outro lado jogos onde a corrida se dá nas ruas, obstáculos n?o previstos; carros em sentido contrário ou cruzando a pista, exigem um nível de aten??o ao que ocorre ao redor do carro muito maior. Sendo assim, analise os objetivos que você deseja atingir e molde seu estilo de pilotagem.

N?o entendi bem a pergunta. Só sei que quanto mais se pisa no da direita e o quanto menos se pisa no do pedal do meio, o tempo vem. é simples, n?o sei porque teorizam tanto.

Un choix sympa qui permet une immersion plus forte pour un jeu de simulation. Moins important pour de l’arcade ou simarcade. Encore faut il que la stratégie ait un réel impact au gameplay

Estratégia é coisa para o engenheiro responsável pelo carro. Quem ganha a corrida é o carro e o engenheiro, o piloto tem que fazer o menor número de besteiras possível para o carro n?o perder. Uma Le Mans tem que ser dupla, um é o coelho que coloca o carro para a frente e o outro é o "carregador de piano" que mantém a coloca??o. Em corrida curta n?o tem estratégia, é pé no fundo. Em F1 tem que saber sobre os pneus que no final decidem.

Choosing mode can be very interesting and funny. A lot players can meet in their desired and favorite modes and sometimes they can try different modes and continue to play the game!

N?o tenho a menor ideia do que seja. Só sei que se for carro de rodas abertas como Formulas, n?o pode ter contato. Em carro de roda coberta dá fácil fazer qualquer curva se apoiando no carro de fora.

.... Um einen Spieler noch tiefer in das Geschehen einzubringen, k?nnte man einfach Story ( Filmstory ) einbringen. Der kleine arme Rennfahrer, der mit seinem Ruhm zu den besten geh?ren kann, die virtuellen Preisgelder k?nnte man dazu nutzen um eine Merchplattform zu schaffen und dort das virtuelle Preisgeld in echte Pr?mien umzuwandeln, wie z.b gesponserte Rennanzüge, Helme, batches ect. aus dem Rennsportbereich.

"Player choice integration" is a solution, but what is the goal/problem? - Do you want interesting choice to replicate authenticity? Maybe look at MechWarrior and the way they handle wear and tear to inform how players drive. - Do you want to add a layer of strategy? What are the costs, benefits, risks, rewards, consequences, and complexities players need to balance in their choices? What is the complex problem they're solving for and how will the outcomes manifest along the spectrum of success? - Is it about reinforcing the driving skills? How do you disincentivize the degenerative strategies that spoil simulations? How do you make it so that good/proper driving creates results?

The racing platform allows spectators to enter the game and view the racer's game remotely. Racers to see how many spectators they have generated and who is interested in their race while hearing them cheer or muting the spectators for better concentration.

There are lots of ways you can add your racing games. Let's check out some cool options beyond what's already listed: - Race in different places like cities, off-road tracks, or even wild environments. - Choose to bring along a friend, sexy girl, or a pet for the ride — they could even help you out in the game. - Mix in some fun with weapons or power-ups. Imagine zapping competitors or turbo-boosting past them, automatic collect items for you? Or just some 3D emoji on the top of your car? - Why not try out different themes? Picture racing with a food truck in a giant kitchen or dodging cacti in a desert.